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dedicatory en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛdəkəˌtɔɹi/ (US)
• /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɹi/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to dedication.
   • a dedicatory letter; a dedicatory inscription

Deriveds

dedicatorily

dedicatory en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛdəkəˌtɔɹi/ (US)
• /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɹi/ (UK)

Meanings

1. A dedication.
   • […] I conceit him to be neere a kin to him who set forth a Passion Sermon with a formall Dedicatory in great letters to our Saviour. 1642, John Milton, An apology against a pamphlet call’d A modest confutation of the animadversions upon the remonstrant against Smectymnuus, London: John Rothwell, page 7:

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